Lightly boron and phosphorus co-doped silicon nanocrystals

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ma, Yeshi ^a   Chen, Xiaobo ^a   Pi, Xiaodong ^a   Yang, Deren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co doping; Emission energy; Excitation energy; First principle calculations; Modeling and simulation; Recombination rate; Silicon nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

BORON; EXCITATION ENERGY; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORUS;

CO-DOPING; EMISSION ENERGIES; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; MODEL AND SIMULATION; RECOMBINATION RATE; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

SILICON;

BORON; NANOCRYSTAL; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; FIELD EMISSION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 84862831395     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0802-z     Document Type: Article

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